I don't know how to describe it any clearer. There is only one place where the AL and SL are "on". This is very exacting, not "somewhere". It's not a bunch of memorizing at all, it's the exact same "on" shot for shot. Sure you have to learn how to harness this execution of aligning yourself on the SL/AL, like learning anything new. Then it's repeatable all over the table. You are making up assumptions based on your self-assured knowledge that the same process can't work for different shots with different angles.
A real CTE shot for you to try.
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It's kinda important.
There's only one place to shoot the CB to make the shot using any method/system. But if you can't describe where that is, then your system didn't choose it for you - you chose it (by feel/memory).
Yes, silly me... I still believe logic and reason work.
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I could buy this explanation but will have to suspend my knowledge of geometry in order to do so.
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You are the same person who said that half-ball hits do not exist. Forgive us if we consider your comments to be nothing more than litter in the thread.
If you move the balls then you will use a different perception/sweep combination. Moving the balls CREATES a different shot. Using CTE gives a concrete and OBJECTIVE way to get to the shot line without feel. When you choose the wrong perception/sweep combination then you miss EXACTLY the same way each time you use that wrong combination. Each time you chose the right one you make it the same way each time. (assuming that the fundamentals are adequate)
You are not interested in true discussion here and never have been. The video below was made based on a poster's question. I have done videos based on your comments and you cried to YouTube because I MENTIONED your name. And that video nor the description had ANYTHING remotely negative about you. It was me taking something you said and trying it on the table. It was removed because you whined about it to youtube.
Identified how?
How?
How do you choose the right one?
If this content-free blather is what you call "true discussion", you're right - I'm not interested. Neither is anyone else who has heard the same empty claims since the 90s.
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By cycling through a small list of perceptions and discarding the ones that cannot work. And then with practice one starts to see the right perception without a need to consciously go through the list. For shots directly to a pocket, as in Mohrt's example and yours half of the available perceptions don't even come into play which means the list is even smaller.
See above.
With practice to train one's visual acuity.
Save it. I was with you in person and you wouldn't discuss it. Your position will never change no matter what anyone says. That you can't figure out how it works since the late 90s is because you decided that what doesn't fit your diagramming ability isn't valid. For you it's just feel and nothing else. Every comment you make related to center to edge aiming is oriented towards that position and nothing else.
That's called aiming by feel (with the usual aid of objective references).
I only object to CTE users' denial of the obvious: that it operates pretty much like every other aiming system/method, including the essential element of "feel" to finalize aim.
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Objection over-ruled, as it has been for over 20 years
JB before you left for the week I was trying to get your position on the Stan throw video. When you get a chance would you please respond to my last post? I would like to get a final word on where the CTE people stand on the issue. It is here:
Center Pocket Music, the long-awaited CTE Pro One book, by Stan Shuffett.
This is THE BOOK, detailing exactly how CTE Pro One can improve your game. In Stan Shuffett's own words: "Nearly six years of blood, sweat, and tears have all been worth it. Connie and I are beyond pleased! I left it all on the table: 38 chapters/440 pages of what’s been in my head for the...
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You use it. A trump card is a very powerful tool going against the hand you were dealt
Is astigmatism addressed in any way? How about unequal resolution? One eyed shooters?
Good question. What about a guy with no arms?
I've seen one guy on video prolly shot with a bridge and his other shoulder. Had just enough arm to hold the stick against his torso.
The visual maladies are very common especially unequal vision.
Which reminds me of....
An Australian drives up to a hitch hiker with one eye, no arms, and one leg
And says "Oi! You look 'armless! 'Op in!"
It's amazing how many versions of the armless bellringer joke there are.
But seriously, folks, there was an armless billiard player whom you would know about if you had read your Byrne and Shamos. This is from Wikipedia:
Now, some of you may say, "That's not really armless," but what's the cutoff point?
You made my point Bob. For those with differing limitations there are lots of options to shoot pool. If CTE isn’t optimal for you, use ghostball or what have you.